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Robert Wangila

1967 - 1994

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Robert Napunyi Wangila (3 September 1966 — 24 July 1994) was a Kenyan boxer who won a welterweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games. He is the only Kenyan Olympic gold medalist outside of athletics and the only boxer from Sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa to have won Olympic gold. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Wangila is the 2,780th most popular athlete (down from 2,739th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Kenya (up from 58th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Kenyan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Robert Wangila ranks 2,780 out of 6,025. Before him are Grant Bramwell, Kim Young-ho, Vasyl Arkhypenko, Tapio Korjus, Mark McKoy, and Daniel Martínez. After him are Wanda Panfil, Tero Pitkämäki, Donald Thomas, Abdi Bile, Tapio Sipilä, and Naoko Takahashi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Robert Wangila ranks 560. Before him are Václav Němeček, Alain Roche, Avi Gabbay, Robert Więckiewicz, Ihor Pavlyuk, and Angela Melillo. After him are Yūji Ueda, Roger Sanchez, Maik Bullmann, Jonathan Adams, Dmitri Popov, and Steve Harwell. Among people deceased in 1994, Robert Wangila ranks 357. Before him are Gretchen Fraser, Connie Kay, Einar Haugen, Henry Banks, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, and Jack Hannah. After him are Sándor Schwartz, Whina Cooper, Frances Gifford, Janis Carter, Hal Smith, and Heather Sears.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Robert Wangila ranks 49 out of 150. Before him are Dennis Kipruto Kimetto (1984), Yobes Ondieki (1961), Jaramogi Oginga Odinga (1911), John Ngugi (1962), Joseph Keter (1969), and Paul Kipkoech (1963). After him are Paddy Lowe (1962), Noah Ngeny (1978), Mike Boit (1949), Yang Hao (null), Jemima Sumgong (1984), and Ruth Chepng'etich (1994).

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Among ATHLETES In Kenya

Among athletes born in Kenya, Robert Wangila ranks 28. Before him are Moses Kiptanui (1970), Dennis Kipruto Kimetto (1984), Yobes Ondieki (1961), John Ngugi (1962), Joseph Keter (1969), and Paul Kipkoech (1963). After him are Noah Ngeny (1978), Mike Boit (1949), Yang Hao (null), Jemima Sumgong (1984), Ruth Chepng'etich (1994), and Richard Chelimo (1972).

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